For most artists, releasing a covers album is a time-buyer, a moment to recharge the songwriting batteries and, if we’re being benign, to pay tribute to childhood musical loves. Slash, though? It’s not quite the same. It can’t be when you’re not a singer and you’ve got a certain band hovering over you like a money-generating albatross.
With the best will in the world, Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators couldn’t have set the world alight even if they’d all been registered pyromaniacs. They’re notably absent here, as are any of Guns N’Roses, although Orgy Of The Damned’s keyboard player Teddy ‘Zig Zag’ Andreadis toured with GN’R, and he and bassist Johnny Griparic were part of Slash’s Snakepit and Slash’s Blues Ball. Curiously, for all the baggage shedding, Orgy Of The Damned is produced by Mike ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Clink.
